Oldham & District Documents

DATA IN THE MEMBERS' AREA :

Records Researched by Oldham Branch volunteers

Birth and Marriage

• Middleton Baptism Index (Included in miscellaneous database) Baptisms at several churches in Middleton, Rhodes and Tonge. Transcribed by Doreen El-Ahwany of the MLFHS Oldham Branch and a team of volunteers (26,991 records)
• Middleton Marriage Index (Included in miscellaneous database) Marriages at several churches in Middleton, Rhodes and Tonge. Transcribed by Doreen El-Ahwany of the MLFHS Oldham Branch and a team of volunteers (7,698 records)

Death and Burial

• Chadderton Cemetery Service Burials (Included in miscellaneous database) A list of armed service personnel who were buried in Chadderton cemetery 1940-1946 and 1974. Transcribed by Linda Bailey (42 records)
• Chadderton Cemetery Stillbirths 1884-1929 (Included in miscellaneous database) Burials of stillborn children at Chadderton Cemetery 1884-1929. No forenames or genders are recorded. This index was transcribed by Linda Linda Bailey from the images of the original register which can be found on the LDS FamilySearch web site at: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21599-89024-15?cc=1482833&wc=12669510 (4,692 records)
• Civilian War Deaths, Oldham, WW2 (Included in miscellaneous database) A listing of persons killed in Oldham in 1941 and 1942 compiled by Gordon Lees (27 records)

Rate Books, Poll Books and Other Lists

• Oldham Absent Voters 1918 (Included in miscellaneous database) Voters absent from home at the time of electoral registration in 1918, mostly on military duties. Compiled by Dorothy Bintley. (14,513 records)

Trades and Professions

• Oldham Mill Managers, Secretaries and Salesmen 1891 (Not included in miscellaneous database) Anthony Steven has compiled this useful alphabetical list of mill managers, secretaries and salesmen which dates usefully for follow-up in the 1891 census returns.

Military

• Oldham Secondary School Roll of Honour 1915 (Included in miscellaneous database) A school magazine for Oldham Secondary School containing details of former pupils serving with HM forces (129 records)

Institutions (Schools, Hospitals etc.)

• Oldham Schools 1924 (Not included in miscellaneous database) Gillian Taylor-Shaw has extracted the following details of schools in Oldham from Kelly's Directory of 1924.